Cuttle, Christopher.

Light for art's sake : lighting for artworks and museum displays / Lighting for artworks and museum displays. Christopher Cuttle. - London : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007. - x, 288 pages : illustrations(chiefly color) ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281) and index.

A philosophy for the presentation of art -- Revealing visual attributes -- Light-induced damage to objects -- Daylighting typologies -- Daylighting controls -- Electrict lighting typologies -- Electric lighting controls -- Lighting strategies -- Procedures for practice.

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Art museums--Lighting.
Museums--Lighting.
Museum conservation methods.
Art objects--Conservation and restoration.

N460 / .C88 2007